Core DPM Courses

Competency Area, Credits	Course Number	Course Name¹	Credits
Plant, Soil, & Weed Science (21-22 credits)	AGR 6422 or HOS 6412	Environmental Crop Nutrition or Nutrition of Horticultural Plants	3
	AGR 6442 or HOS 6932	Physiology of Agronomic Plants or Horticultural Physiology	4 or 3
	AGR 5511	Crop Ecology²	3
	PLS 5632	Integrated Weed Management	3
	PLS 6655	Plant Herbicide Interactions	3
	SWS 5115	Environmental Nutrient Management	3
	SWS 6136	Soil Fertility	3
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Entomology & Nematology (22 credits)	ENY 6166	Insect Classification	3
	ENY 5611	Immature Insects	4
	ENY 6651C	Insect Toxicology	3
	ENY 5241	Biological Control of Insects	4
	ENY 5245	Agricultural Acarology	2
	ENY 5936	Insect Pests and Vector Management	3
	NEM 5707C	Plant Nematology	3
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Plant Pathology (19 credits )	PLP 5656C	Mycology	5
	PLP 6241C	Bacterial Plant Pathogens	3
	PLP 6223C	Plant Virology	4
	PLP 6404	Epidemiology of Plant Disease	4
	PLP 5102	Plant Disease Control	3
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Other (13 credits)	AEB 4123	Agricultural and Natural Resource Law	3
	ALS 6931	Plant Medicine Program Seminar³	3-4
	ALS 6925	Integrated Plant Medicine	4
	IPM 5305	Principles of Pesticides	3
Total credits = 75-76⁴
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¹Information on course description may be found in the Graduate Catalog.²Students without extensive academic training/experience in agriculture may take Agricultural Ecology (ALS 5136, 3 credits) as an alternative to AGR 5511 on the advice of their supervisory committee and/or the program director.

³Students are required to register for the Plant Medicine Program Seminar each Fall. Colloquium on Plant Pests of Regulatory Significance (ALS 6921) offered in the Spring may be substituted for the seminar.

⁴Students must complete 14-15 additional credits of elective courses and this may include coursework also applied to graduate certificates.

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